Exploring user perception of wireless campus

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 710-730

  Tarn, J Michael ^a   Razi, Muhammad A ^a   Wiley, Noelle ^a   Hsu, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Network; Reliability; Satisfaction; Trust; User perception; Wireless; Wireless campus

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GRID COMPUTING; RELIABILITY; STUDENTS;

ACCESSIBILITY; USER PERCEPTION; WIRELESS CAMPUS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548755040     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2007.014183     Document Type: Article

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